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1843–1893: 
 

International recognition of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i as an independent and sovereign nation-state
Since 1893, a dispute over Hawai‘i's legal status exists between the annexationist official United States position and a Hawaiian nationalist position

Jan. 1893: 
 

Queen Lili‘uokalani
 

deposed by annexationists:   Sanford B. Dole  |  Lorrin A. Thurston  |  Committee of Safety
and indirectly by actions of U.S. minister (ambassador) John L. Stevens

1893–1898: 
 
 
 

Annexationist view:
 
Nationalist view:
 

represented in U.S. politics by:   Harrison and McKinley administrations  |  the Morgan Report by a U.S. Senate Committee
Seizure of power was a purely internal revolution leading to:   Provisional Government 1893  |  Republic of Hawai‘i 1894
represented in U.S. politics by:   President Grover Cleveland  |  the Blount Report by James Henderson Blount
Invasion; start of white supremacist oligarchy; no consent of governed. Wilcox rebellion  |  Anti-annexation petitions 1897

Since 1898: 
 
 
 

Annexationist view:
"Native" legislation:  
Nationalist view:
 

Republic annexed by Newlands Resolution 1898  |  organized as U.S. Territory 1900  |  U.S. State 1959
Hawaiian Homelands 1921  |  Office of Hawaiian Affairs 1978  |  Apology Resolution (full text) 1993  |  "Akaka Bill" (proposed)
Annexation void (no consent of the governed, no treaty). Sovereignty of independent Hawai‘i continues to exist de jure
U.S.-defined "Native" status based on blood quantum is illegal. Non-racial concept of Kingdom citizenship continues to apply

Note: 
 

The view referred to here as Hawaiian nationalist is different from views that favor special provisions for Native Hawaiians without challenging
the legality of U.S. rule in Hawai‘i. Confusingly, both perspectives are often lumped together under the label Hawaiian sovereignty movement.